Kim Jong-pil
| Kim Jong-pil | |
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Kim in 1999
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| 11th and 32nd Prime Minister of South Korea | |
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In office June 4, 1971 – December 18, 1975 |
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| President | Park Chung-hee |
| Preceded by | Baek Du-jin |
| Succeeded by | Choi Kyu-hah |
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In office August 18, 1998 – January 12, 2000 |
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| President | Kim Dae-jung |
| Preceded by | Goh Kun |
| Succeeded by | Park Tae-joon |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 7, 1926 Buyeo County, South Chungcheong, Korea |
| Political party | Saenuri Party |
| Spouse(s) | Park Young-ok |
| Children | 2 |
| Religion | Buddhism, later converted to Protestantism |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 South Korea
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| Service/branch | Republic of Korea Army |
| Rank | Second Lieutenant |
| Kim Jong-pil | |
| Hangul | |
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| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Gim Jong-pil |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Chongp'il |
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| Hangul | |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Unjeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Unjŏng |
Kim Jong-pil (Korean pronunciation: [kimdʑoŋpʰil]; born January 7, 1926) is a South Korean politician and founder of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency (the KCIA, now the National Intelligence Service), who served as Prime Minister twice, from 1971–1975 and from 1998–2000.
Kim Jong-pil was born in Buyeo County, Chungcheongnam-do, and graduated from the Korea Military Academy in 1949 (KMA class No. 8). He participated in the May 16 coup led by Major General Park Chung-hee in 1961 and served in several high-profile offices, including Chairman of the ruling Democratic Republican Party during Park's presidency of eighteen years.
In 1963, he founded the Democratic Republican Party (민주공화당). In 1971 he first served as Prime Minister of South Korea 1971 to 1975.
He served as Korea Scout Association President until June 6, 1969. In 1967 he received the highest distinction of the Scout Association of Japan, the Golden Pheasant Award.
In a 2001 sentimental letter written to Bhimlendra Mohan Pratap Mishra, a king of erstwhile Ayodhya state with a history of 200 years old, Kim expressed of his March 2001 visit to India "remaining very meaningful to me" as it "fulfilled his desire to visit Ayodhya, a princess of which became the queen of King Suro of Gaya and Heo Hwang-ok. I am the 72nd generation descendant of the King Kim Suro of the Karak Kingdom."
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